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We are as happy or as unhappy as we decide to be Hem. Great to see you back on deck. Whilst none of us can ever agree on a definition of truth it seems,a few truths are hitting home to the Parliamentarians.Cory really timed his exit/re-entry beautifully but then he never stood for an election to get in. Cutting travel allowances for ex-ministers is probably the greatest thing the battler from Point Piper has done so far. My two least fave porky politicians are Kim Beazley and Alexander the Downer ,yet they know the system well enough to have gotten themselves diplomatic posts. Their daddies must have taught them that one. "Here's how you do it son,we will get you the seat,you appease everyone and don't make waves,just do your time,then when everyone knows you are only doing time you'll have plenty of mates to give you a soft landing in a nice house OS.Pass the gravy train/boat please and get me the dessert menu."

The UN ,the Eurozone, The Trans-Pacific alliance,NATO,ASEAN.,The Paris summit on Man Bear Pig..... Whatevs. They're nice things to sign for politicians and give them a trip OS occasionally to catch up with like-minded bullsh!tters.

Then it would be within the framework of a state sponsored military campaign with the support of American constituents so therefore not a terrorist attack. Cool man?

Indeed it is. The 27 year old lone shooter was one of at least 5 lone gunman to attack in the state of Quebec in the last 20 odd years. Some of the attacks have been against the French "Mafia" forcing cultural "difference" on ordinary citizens. Another was a loony who shot up women in a govt run women only school enraged as he was by Feminist dogma and policy. Yet another was an attempt to murder Parliamentarians but unfortunately for that fellow he arrived at parliament early and his gun jammed. Yet Trudeau, "The Hair Apparent" sees himself as a lone bastion of forgiveness and tolerance in a world gone mad and is about to outlaw ..........wait for it...... ISLAMAPHOBIA. No checks and balances on the wording or whether it may extend to Journalists discussing Islam. Quebec has been known as a place of discontent in Canada for it's residents for some time Hardtack. One wonders if the government will be able to ban its way through the current problems it faces. There was also a Muslim on Mounty attack but who cares, sweep it under the mat. great news emerged today that Canada is hiring 55 people to monitor the net for "hate speech"which i presume is speech the govt doesn't approve of. Oh Canada............ You dumbos.

It's not left or right AF. Iit's just a case of right or wrong. We will talk about it after the next terrorist attack that kills people in a secular state and see where you stand then. It seems you are way off growing into a man. Enjoy your yoof!!!

Run out of Havana Club I take it Hem. To what do we owe your belated greetings?

Player haters. Ive no objection to SNL or the ranting and raving about the Donald. It's only a show in the end. Unless you are in Iran where it looks like you may be next cab off the rank for a smashing.I don't entirely agree with it but there is only so much hijacking,death threats,hostage taking and "death to America" marching the Donald can take I suppose.

Lavatory.

See post 45. I misunderstood the question taking it to be that they had zero involvement in the wars.

Are you rehabilitated Picko?

An another note, I have a couple of snazzy bogan commodores for sale, recently re-sprayed. No paperwork, going cheap, cash only.

We've covered this Chris, I outlined the involvement of Muslim countries in the great wars. I've already stated that German militarisation was the largest reason they began. Re-WRITE .Right

Oh just read that. Are you on acid permanently? Her 15 minutes of political backslapping is already reaping negative dividends. Possibly the worst decision any political leader has made in the last decade and you think it's a good one. You'd be more productive knitting yourself a sweater than dabbling in ideas.

You clearly don't like the truth ,or understand Taqiya. You suffer from an outdated and trendy delusion that your University taught you the ONLY truth that exists. When you extend your imagination , or indeed read the Koran , you might see the reason for the rise of Neoconservative political theory. Ive read texts who's outcomes are horrible,such as Mein Kampf ,which wasn't even available in Australia when I read it.I was roughly 14 or 15 at the time. Do you think I swallowed it whole or dismissed it before page one?Before you go on a rant ,it was a terrible book full of holes in deduction. Like nearly every post you've written in here .I don't blame you for that because you lack a critical mind.You have what is known as a luvvy worldview. If you could take yourself out of the picture and seek a modern individual theory of geopolitical machinations ,before spouting from the ALP harmony theory of self destruction, you would see that all you are perpetuating is the repression of thought and human capability , not the growth of it. I've just spent the last three hours listening to a pro communist in southern Vietnam ranting and raving, offering me jobs with the prols,trying to espouse the virtue of Mao. The fact that this message may get to you in 2017 is proof that the misinformation may end soon.You lack any flexible intellect,no ability to concede that I and the majority of voters in Western democracy have decided that November 1917 is not suitable nearly a Century later. I've studied Das Kapital, An Enquiry into the wealth of Nations,Down and Out in Paris and London,Of Miice and Men ,On the Road , Anders Breiviks manifesto, Jung,Freud, Schopenhauer ,Dostoevsky, Lenin,Lennon,Ho Chi Minh,Voltaire,Rousseau,Napoleon,Stalin,Kennedy,Nixon,Clinton,Keatings'Paul and John. You have nothing to say that's original or enduring. You have a stagnant view of what Liberty might be.You put people In boxes,as religion does. I can safely debate a person of strict faith becuse I know their knowledge is backed by an imaginary friend, tied to an out dated dogma. The last book I read was "The Sympathizer", which won a small literary prize.It was complex and entertaining,fiction that could easily be factual. You I believe are a film maker,a cutter and paster. You make quick judgements about the power of images that you include or exclude based on a summary assessment of their power and ability to bring you recognition. You are a lightweight intellect withering on the vine of self congratulation and half- baked analysis without the skills of deduction to consider that your idea of yourself may be wrong .

Yes it was the Taliban sorry.The Buddhas. I don't advocate victimising Aussie Muslims either- its not our way but they operate in packs,outside the law,and there seems to be bugger all normative influence from elders in Melbourne and Sydney. Afghanistan is a hole - we should evacuate I agree. Then the Taliban will slime back in and rape 12 year old again but not our issue.

By the admission of the Islamic world that 1 per cent are radicalised, that's a conservative figure. I actually borrowed the figures from an Oxford debate There are ,more and worse but I don't want to shatter your happy kindergarten world view.

Lebanon is drowning in its own garbage as well.Perhaps when theyhave choked the whole country with rubbish they'll move on somewhere else,like here and ruin that. Oh yeah,Saturday night live- the last time it was funny was in about 1985. Steve Bannon knows his onions. Give them a few months and you might see a cleaner swamp.

An increase in labour cost and a workforce that spends its money in the same country,rather than sending it "home" helps enormously.The minimum wage is far too low in the states currently.Even the Donald dealt with unions in his building enterprises and paid the proper rates.Illegal immigrants with one foot in another country don't tend to spend much where they work. If you'd like more evidence I suggest you read up on Keynesian economic theory versus astringent Friedmanism which has the net effect of increasing the need for transfer payments. John Kenneth Galbraith , the premier economist of last century compared the two models and found that a lift in wage cost had the macro effect of increased spending by the workforce which created more jobs. Paying illegals does nothing for the government coffers or the broader economy.Sure,it helps the boss in the short term but any reduction in the black economy helps govt bottom line and overall business confidence. The "wall" will presumably have some effect on the massive cocaine industry and black market expenditure as well.

Isn't it our fault?

AF, Its disengenuous to keep blaming a tiny minority. 1.7 billion read the book delivered by Gabriel to Mohamed . Every Mosque in 57 Muslim countries ,plus other countries that let them live amongst us ,starts their Friday night prayer that goes something along the lines of "Lord deliver us victory of the Kaffurs" Well the kaffurs are a bit over it now . 50 per cent of Muslims think violent Jihad is justified in Western countries. 80 per cent think homosexuals should be executed in Western countries. The figures are higher in Islamic countries. 1 per cent of 1.7 billion is 17 million psychotic scumbags. Thats no small figure,and its likely to be more.

You've interloped with a Dorothy Dixer again Tiger. We civilised communities are both attempting to contain radical Islam and stop them from living amongst us. The argument that our western policy makers have exascerbated radicalism is a furphy. Stone age cultures only understand might so now we are delivering it to them. They still don't understand drones and satellite technology either .As evidenced by the silly bearded men stocking up on and aiming shoulder mounted RPGs at us before disappearing into a dust cloud.

Yes I clearly said let's go get Jaras nephew in law . I admit invading Iraq was insane. Afghanistan and Pakistan were training up more Jihadists if you recall. I remember the time when Al Queda destroyed the huge Buddhas carved into those cliff faces in Afghanistan .They were about 3500 years older than Islam itself. That was just before 9/11. Do you suggest we sit back and watch it all happen ?

Earl ,you do realise that Lebanon was 80% Christian in the 1920s? Is this less of a problem for you or do you conveniently just let these things go by without mention? It is now 85% Muslim. You tied in a whole lot of extraneous info to your point about Palestine after that. Do you suggest we bring them all over here to make up for their dispossession ? Can you provide some solution to the problem of do you just want to run down Israel? I don't understand the groovy hatred of decent civilisation in deference to terrorist states? The Aboriginal issue does not need to be combined with he rock throwing bombers.

Zachary. Let's not froth up just yet.

The traditional way Americans make money is through the Military Industrial Complex. They build up a giant steel, arms,and car industry ,then go to war and explode bombs on innocent countries ,then they make those countries sign an agreement to rebuild on American terms. I think the Donald might be pulling back the expansionary ,foreign aid, interventionist policies of previous governments in the short term until Employment rises sufficiently on the home front. Just before the election rolls around for a second term of Donald,he will declare war. It works a charm as John Howard worked out, the little maggot. . On firing citizens from a country, you kind of can over there.Every building site I saw on my last trip to LA was 100% Mexican staffed. So it's more like firing non-ditz or illegals as he promised to do in the election.